Vernice Armour

America's First African-American Female Combat Pilot

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Topics:Leadership, Diversity, Vision/Purpose, Empowerment, Peak Performance

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EXCELerated Leadership™!

Boost productivity
Ignite motivation
Enhance leadership skills
Focus staff on the mission
Demystify how diversity affects the bottom line!

As featured on Oprah Winfrey, CNN, Tavis Smiley, NPR, and others, Vernice Armour’s dynamic style and presentation methods have impacted many organizations and individuals. She blends a high-energy presentation style with humorous anecdotes, powerful visual and audio tools, and meaningful content designed to educate and edify while it entertains. Vernice stands on many shoulders, a strong legacy, and is highly sought after for her message of EXCELerated Leadership™!

While attending Middle Tennessee State University, Vernice enlisted in the Army Reserves in the spring of 1993, and enrolled in Army ROTC that fall. When she saw the young black female in an Army flight suit during Army ROTC Advanced Camp, her first thought was, “Wow, why didn’t I think of that!”

Vernice knows a little something about focus, commitment, and defying the odds. After accomplishing her dream of becoming a police officer, she decided, at age 24, to become an Officer in the Marine Corps and a combat pilot. Only 3 years later, she was the United States Marine Corps’ first African American female pilot and shortly after, was recognized as America’s First African-American Female Combat Pilot by the Department of Defense. Vernice completed 2 tours in Iraq.

As founder of VAI Consulting and Training, LLC, and through her keynotes, seminars, workshops, and executive retreats, Vernice conveys her message of EXCELerated Leadership through her unique insight and life strategy, “Acknowledge the obstacles … Don’t give them power!”

Now a highly sought after speaker and consultant, with her infectious energy, warmth, and humor, Vernice makes each keynote speech and consulting engagement as memorable as it is valuable. Among her accomplishments, Vernice has been awarded for being a pioneering pilot and her role in technology and engineering! Vernice was also the first African American woman on the Nashville Police Department's motorcycle squad, Camp Pendleton's 2001 Female Athlete of the Year, two-time titleholder in Camp Pendleton's annual Strongest Warrior Competition, and a running back for the San Diego Sunfire women's professional football team.

Vernice’s next book, FlightPlan, is due for release in early 2009.

What is EXCELerated Leadership™?

The harnessed energy, that combined with wisdom and vision, leads your team to new heights. With laser sharp focus on the goal, the leader acknowledges the obstacles, but doesn’t give them power. As the leader, you harness the raw energy from the extreme emotions of failure and success, to propel yourself forward, breaking the sound barrier from existing to excelling.

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EXCELerated Leadership™

How to Acknowledge Obstacles Without Giving Them Power!

Individuals want and organizations need a leader who is competent, confident, and accomplishes the goal while at the same time, valuing the team. The EXCELerated leader will develop a “flight plan,” that will acknowledge the obstacles without giving them power, and will use the combined knowledge of the team to stay focused, overcome the obstacles and maximize goal completion.

You will discover:¨

Knowing your people and their capabilities enables the creation of valuable teams¨
Empowerment EXCELerates the level of the team, harnessing their productive energy¨
Training your subordinates doesn’t jeopardize your job, it elevates the team¨
Releasing the energy of “perceived” failure and moving forward with positive energy creates unstoppable confidence

EXCELerated Diversity™

How to EXCELerate Diversity in Your Organization

You have diversity when a mix of two or more are together. With the complex mix of differences and similarities in today’s workforce, it is natural to have tensions. The challenge is not to overcome, but to work through the tensions, and leverage the strategic advantages of the mix in order to excel your organization.

You will discover:¨

Increased recruiting and retention requires acknowledging talent within diversity ¨
Overcoming different generational values requires mutual respect and acceptance¨
The Marine Corps “Combined Arms” approach to leveraging diversity¨
Leveraging diversity mgmt as a strategic process positively impacts the bottom line

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